[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [禪林寶訓](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022) › 4.59 # 禪林寶訓 4.59 禪林寶訓 4.59 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.4.59) 簡堂曰。夫人常情罕能無惑。大抵蔽於所信。阻於所疑。忽於所輕溺於所愛。信既偏則聽言不考其實。遂有過當之言。疑既甚則雖實而不聽其言。遂有失實之聽。輕其人則遺其可重之事。愛其事則存其可棄之人。斯皆苟縱私懷不稽道理。遂忘佛祖之道。失叢林之心。故常情之所輕。乃聖賢之所重。古德云。謀遠者先驗其近。務大者必謹於微。將在博採而審用其中。固不在慕高而好異也（與吳給事書）。 > Jiantang said: 'In ordinary human feelings, seldom can there be no delusion. Generally, people are blinded by what they trust, obstructed by what they doubt, neglectful of what they hold in low regard, and submerged in what they love. When trust is biased, they listen to words without examining their reality, and consequently excessive words occur. When doubt is severe, even if something is real they will not listen to the words, and consequently there is listening that misses reality. Holding a person in low regard, they neglect affairs that ought to be valued; loving an affair, they retain persons who ought to be discarded. All of these come from casually indulging private sentiments without investigating principle; consequently, they forget the Way of the buddhas and patriarchs and lose the heart of the monastic grove. Therefore, what ordinary feelings hold in low regard is what sages and worthies value. An ancient worthy said: "One who plans for the distant first tests what is near; one who attends to the great must be cautious with the minute." The aim lies in widely gathering and carefully applying the middle way; it certainly does not lie in admiring what is lofty and delighting in the extraordinary.' (Letter to Supervising Secretary Wu). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.4.58) - [Next: 4.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.4.60) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022~en-mt.4.59) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.4.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.4.59) · Pramāṇa